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In Topic: Lady Gaga Fans Gush, Critics Blast Fake-Watch Tweet: Bangkok

2012-05-25 13:47:55

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Good point. Gaga supports Piracy. I support her though. She's an all round true artist.

My goodness, just as I was wondering why anyone should actually bother to care a toss what Lady Gaga thinks - that comment. Posted Image

Billie , Ella , Nina , and others will be turning in their graves.

In Topic: Thai Student Nazi Dress-Up Day Causes Outrage

2011-09-27 12:44:46

MILT, on 2011-09-27 12:40:39, said:

FOODLOVER, on 2011-09-27 09:59:34, said:

Seems some one new something as plastic machine guns were part of the ensemble. No g Posted Image

gle at this school?!

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Plausible, i guess that this could be very big mistake.

It is well known and documented that Hitler dabbled in the metaphysical. The swastika was originally a Hindu symbol that Hitler had turned in the opposite direction that he used for his symbol. The swastika that Hitler created is not the same nor does it mean the same as the original Hindu symbol.

That was my understanding too. Hitler took the Hindu symbol for peace and reversed it to mean the opposite.

In Topic: Thai Student Nazi Dress-Up Day Causes Outrage

2011-09-27 12:38:38

tlansford, on 2011-09-27 12:33:00, said:

tigerbeer, on 2011-09-27 11:02:51, said:

that emblem has been used in India long before hitler was born. associated with Buddhism and Hinduism. a school teacher of mine while I was growing up spoke about this emblem and mentioned that Hitler was a buddhist before he turned "to the dark side". turned the emblem upside down and there they have something for the nazis. probably just a fairy tale the story but thought i'd share it anyways.

Your teacher was incorrect : Hitler was always a catholic and was never a Buddhist. But the symbol is much older than the Nazis.

To be absolutely correct, Hitler subscribed to fantastical idea that the world was concave and on its outer crust lived a race of blond haired giants. Not hing to do with Buddhism or Catholicism. More to do with regularly taking methadrine aka yaa-baa.

In Topic: Thai Student Nazi Dress-Up Day Causes Outrage

2011-09-27 12:32:25

Gimbo, on 2011-09-27 12:24:31, said:

So please don't get worked up every time you see this religious symbol, which is the second most holy symbol in both Buddhism and hinduism.

You speak as if Buddhism is a homogeneous entity - it's not. There are no holy symbols in Buddhism (holy meaning set apart, sanctified) only symbols. The most universally accepted symbol of the purity of the Buddha's heart being not the swastika (except in some small sects) but the lotus flower.

In Topic: The End Of Buddhism In Thailand.

2011-09-06 01:20:16

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Non-belief in rebirth leads to a very short-sighted view and exaggerated idea of the importance of oneself and ones right to do as one pleases without any comebacks.

Belief in actual rebirth isn't that helpful as it can neither be proven nor disproven. It was , however, a useful tool in helping maintain the rigidity of the caste system in India.

For myself, I prefer the more practical view, that each time that we become attached to something or someone we are reborn in the present. See : Ajahn Sumedho (amongst others) "The Mind And The Way."

Perhaps a far better way to promote acting in a more mindful way lay not in blind faith concerning rebirth , but a belief in consequential actions ,i.e karma. :jap: